Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world.
JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.
We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.
Responsible to: Payroll Team Leader
Department: Reward
Location: JD Sports Fashion PLC, Hollins Brook Way, Bury, BL9 8RR
Hours: 8 hours - Sunday only
The Payroll team supports our colleagues across the business by ensuring their pay is processed seamlessly and easily. Our aim is to deliver a first class service, so our colleagues can keep doing what they do best!
The Payroll Administrator is an intergral role, supporting the team to support the business. You will be part of a diverse, dynamic team helping to deliver payroll to over 35,000 colleagues, resolving their queries, and ensuring upkeep of our data and systems.
To be successful in this role, you should have a desire to put our colleagues at the centre of all you do. You should have a keen eye for detail, love learning, adapt to change, and be able to work with the team to meet key deadlines.
- Together with the team, effectively support payroll for circa 35,000 on a weekly, lunar and monthly basis, with a right first-time approach
- Supporting the regular upkeep of our employee data and payroll systems
- Support all colleagues by investigating and resolving queries, via our ticketing system and on the phone
- Assisting the management team with ongoing projects in the department
- Previous experience in payroll processing in any size of business
- Competent in the use of excel and other microsoft office applications
- Proven ability of a strong customer service philisopy
- A desire to learn and continuously improve
- A keen eye for detail and accuracy
- Being able to keep our colleagues at the centre of all you do
- Able to organise your time to meet key deadlines both by yourself and as part of the team
- Excellent communication skills to be able to break down pay queries to make it understandable for our colleagues
We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:
- Free parking
- Holiday Allowance
- Discretionary Bonus Scheme
- up to 50% Staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation, depending on level of role
- Pension Scheme
- Flexible Working Hours
- Health plans – Depending on level of role
- Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.
Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion
Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.
Thank you again for your time.